Process of justifying with hot metal.



' R. LAN GSETH. PROCESS OF JUSTIFYING WITH HOT METAL. APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1913.

Patented Mar. 17, 1914.

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INVENTOR 2 ATTORNEYS.

emcee} wee PAT ,818; I e i t n p e m PMienteeififirdfi mm. engi e; ag ucgfion}filed sepegmber'gv; leis, SeifaL N5. memo, lfividei and vth s applicatiofl filed may 1 26,1913. seriellvg -fmwfig I I Toa Zlrwhomiimgzyconcemr 1 k oi nt i a LB D PH L G Tmc ratelyi-ih the space available forit': there I a citizen of thejUn itedf jstates, resid-inget, :being' nofietingand trying of fillingipieces; Hannnnd',i-c'oimty of lake, State of Iridi and, beeueethe pieceof ju'stified compost ana haveinVentedIa -certein newfind useful (ion elways is oflexectl'y flie right width; M Improvement iriglfiroceesesfl OfvJIi tifyiIIg- 1 ind-- is; composed of thesinallestpossible 6G With Hotl IeteLj angTd clere thefollowing mumber ofpiifig solidity end rigidity is'o'bf. tobee fi l'lgwlear'; and; exact descripltidn of taindovhenevpiecefof com'positiofi is set I thesamQI'sucliziswiH enable oshereskilled -up W ith the itesb,Ofthectypoggziphical ma 10 in the'ert -towhich it pertains tomakejandtee-i211 lvlyyprocess may of course be cziruse the same, referencezbeinghad to the ao- Ii'd- G2lt. -With "a. simple erppai-afu of "any i5 cogm'panyihg' drawings; which form a part" rki nd, zflt hdfighgin pracice speoial'inachinery of thisspeoificetion. 1* j m1 apparatus Wii]; uslueily ,b ei employedjn Cuts and .the like are often suppliedfio; 'orcie'r tpmed uce the time and labor requirec? L5. theprihter'inafor-m wlli'qlpneces'sitabes ju ti forjiis ti-fying to amiriimum H g fyingflih order 700 make them fit into the the -'drawing I-ha eiHustraited the 70 column or page scheme,thejustifying bekl'g" IfiaiqHine describedmd' claimed "in my ap" I done by layingbe'sidethe cutfilling :pieces' .pli'cation Ser. No; -Z22;710}ofSep.'27, 1912,"- in sufiiciezit numbers to pgoduce' 'Wifihfthe; of whichTthisefiplicationis a; division; cutef-pie'ee of composition :01 .t11e desired -Beferringtmthe:dralwirig, 1 represents a f width; thejustifying procegs' heing a slow vflvfitabi'e oIf a convenient height. At one afif onebeceuse ofthe neoessitjof ee1ecti ng"knd, jend of the table-is af'melting pot; 3; adaptea trying"ifiefillingpieces so sisito'sec-ure just "to contain moltfmefel for-justifying; the the prop'erdimensions fend fihe -.typ0graphi.- pot being carried by apart; 4, secured to the 25 cel' meterial, Wifch. theTpieceof oompqsifiionj table; a'Ind thelmetal the potfbeing kept ;thingjfhe piece of composifich will acset into T15 being often, Week and unstable iii a heated s tate'by-eny,suitablemeens such Y instead offirm aiidsoliims itlshould beL as La buyhen, 5, arranged beIO W the po hj {The ebjectfofmy ifivention is to'produce 'Alongthe from; of the, table -is"1 a lowflup a 'simpleand novel rfocess wherebye piece wardl-ymprojectmg *wallypr ledge, 6; IA

5 of composition may e jilstifie'djquick-l-y and; si mflar 'wall' orle'dge, I; exteniis along one with exa'cinees," ;1"-e ducing1 #the .number oi of the ends' of the 'table; 'Atthelopposite; 8g." e i-ts to a mieimum and ovezzcomingthe 036- 1 end of the table prefefably at" the end at 'jection of lack of stability and riglditj -im which the melting pot is situated 'iswa deherent in composition eleheretofore j ust-ified, tachable wallcrledge, 8, sijnilar to the Wells 35 The; various feet-fires Ii-oyelt-y whereby or ledges 6; andZT I In theermngemefifl m invention i chem'ctecizedwill herein? showfi, thegwalL-or ledge-8 is pivotally'coi after be poinied 'ont' withjperficulhrity .in neoted-"orhinged at itsyreai fendto the fable, the claims; but, for a 1.111 tinfierstanding of ,{as indicated'at I9, thisctrfetngement ermit I my invention anii m-cbjectejand advanting it to be swung arpundput'pf i; eyWay- 40 tages,--referenc may 'Ec medic the followin order to remove; the-justified piece- 01 ing deta-ilcd de k @3021 taken in connection pieces of composition as-will A hereinafter 91 with t'hegaeccinp drawing, which is 2; appear. The front end of the well 01" ledge plan'view'ef :zmchineeddpfied to be used co 8 and the adjacent en&-ofthe.wall or led e carry out my improved pzfo'cess. I fiere so shaped that when the member Q15 F15 [Bica'dljr speakmg, my improved process in its normal} positiom butfiing egainse" 'the consists in jqetifying with hot roeta}, the @115; (if the membe f ,6, e tight join t ispfd} ou't-or other eewce bez nghehi wmmggfiorm duced between the two, The memberfi niey I or m 11g flieiexect dimensioziyof'ihe cc-locked. in it's noi mal or' 'clos'eflpojition I II spacewini ogre -phice'l heteafi'ai avail in any suitable ay es,, f0r exzimple, by 113% metal belng' gem-ed; mesmsete pm; 10, mserfedtllro'uglr regis- I I 101d at one or prefec'efiiy terin. openings -in; zqdjacent ends-icffihefilfi,

{:Wti'fii; an; erother device; By amen; e6 1638. Upon the tableandffittmg making 11' e2? mom ,of execialythe accuraialy between the members 7 and 8, ,1s

ght who. @Qi} wines so shapedl a "fufth shaliow well or ledge, lLwthis I i-sadge or wall being movable froman'd to- 1rd the member 6.,and determining the width of a pieceof faces of the members 7 and 8, along their inner edges,

indicated at 12 and '13 respectively; the.

' graduations permitting t e movable wall or It will be seen thatby turnin areturned 111 one 2 tating the nuts on the two screws and cansv I or the back of theta "fllThedistance lldetermines one '40 ledge to be accurately adjusted-parallel with the opposite wall or distance therefrom. Thenfiovablewallor' ledge may be adjustedinanynsuitablenian met. In the. arrangement shownfil ,have.

connected to-ythermember 11,,nea'i'31ts ends two long screws-1 5: back ac'ross,;.the table atnght'angles to the.

member 11. On the rear ends of the screws are nuts 16'and 17 .respectlyely, suitably supported upon stationary brackets, 18, in

such aum'annerthat they arejfree to revolve but are-held against axlal movements. The nuts serve as the hubs of sprocket wheels 19 of which they form a part or to which they are secured. "Mounted beneath the,

table,'and' intending from'the front-to the back is arev'olubleshaft', 20, having at 1ts front end a crank or handle, 21dby which it ing the screws to move axially and carry the movable Wall or led e 11 toward the front ble, as the case may be.

between the members 6,. and of the dimensions of the piece of composition or of the mold in which it is producedand the other dimen- V Y'sion'is determinedby one of the side walls,

1 preferably the I member 8, and,

7 part lymg between the members 6 and 11. .45

, -.vamious sizes and shapes measured along the, two axes lying at righ The/cuts or other devices are of course of t ,angles to. eac

"other in the plane of their-faces and furthermore, it is often possible to justify sev eral-diiferent pieces of composition at the same time. It is further necessary. to provide some means for effectively forming the fourth wall of the form or mold whose other three walls are portions of the members 6, 8 and 11, and it is desirable to have means for conveniently dividing the form and the or mold into a series of compartments lying side by side. To this end I have provided a series of metal plates graduated in length so as to provide a plate for each width which may at any time be desired, the plate of the proper length being set on edge between the members 6 and 11 before the member 1 is adjusted to its final position late therefore serving both as a composition. The upper are preferably graduated as;

j at any, desired; accurately at '6'and.'11. thihil'metal strips or-rules 28, each :series'.

preferably 0 and -1 5,- which extend a movable spacing devicebetween the members 6 and "11 and as an end wall for-the form or mold. In, the drawings-I have illustrated one of these plates, the

along theirk inner edges,

same being indicated at 25 The top faces of the members 6 and 11,

may be provided with suitable scales26 and-.27 for the pur- ,pose oj permitting the plates'25 to be set 1 I have also provided'a series of ontaining. 1 several 7 units of "the same length plates '25. The strips" or'rules 28 are mright angles to the members. 4

and 'theseriesas a Whole being 1 graduated, to correspond-with the series of tended t0 be plaoed'intheformor mold so: as to divide. it into a series-pi compartments each of whichcontains a cut and each 'of which produces-apiece oflaccurately justified composition. In: the. drawing I have illustrated the apparatus as arranged to form'' five separate pieces of composition,

there being five cuts, 31 to 35 inclusive within the-mold" or form bounded by the memheist, 8,11 and l25; the cut 31 lying against theinner face of the member 8,.the cut 35 lying against the inner faceof the member 25, andIthere -being a strip or rule 28 be- 1 tween eachcutand the next cut; It is desirable that the loose plate .25 be gressed or supported in some manner in] adition to being -'clampedbetween'the members 6 and 11, and it is vfurtherdesirable,-

to have some means for pressing th s plate laterally in order that'there may be no looseness of the cuts'or spacing strips or rules. To this end I have provided a rod or bar 36 extending transversely "of the table between the members 6 and 11 and.) "passing slidably through a block, 37, which is in turn slidablymounted: in any suitable as to-have ca-L wayupon the member 7 ed pa'clty for movements .back and forth at right angles to the front of the table. The

rod may be locked against movement in the block in any suitable way, as for example by providingthe block with 'a thumb screw,

38, which may be screwed against the'rod.

The 'sliding connection between theblock I and the tablemay conveniently be secured by providingthe member 7 with an elongated dovetailed slot, 39, into which fits a complementary projection on the block.

Each of the plates 25 is provided on one side with a socketil for receiving the inner end of the rod 36. In adjusting the apparatus the block 37'is shifted so as to bring it halfway'betw'een the members6 and 11,

the set screw 38 is loosened, and therod 36, then ad usted so as to fit its end into the socket in the plate 25. Then by pushing in on the rod theparts 31 to 35 inclusive and the spacing strips or. rules .28 are clampedsohdlybetween the members 8 and 25. Since the rod 36 should lie halfway bej space in each compartment so that when the, metal cools and solidifies, each compartment being in-oppo'site direction. It will be seen that by this arrangement the block 37 is travels only through half the distance 28 are preferably carried in' a suitable rack tween the members 6 and 11, it follows that the rod must be shifted back and forth through half the distance traveled by the member 11 in making adjustments and therefore the block 37 may conveniently be connected to the actuating means for the member 11 in such away as always to keep the block and the rod in theproper position, regardless of the distance between the members 6 and 11. In the arrangement shown, the block 37 is carried upon the front end of a screw rod 43 which passes back through a stationary nut 44 at the rear end of the table. On the rear end of the screw rod is a gear wheel 45 which meshes with an elongated pinion 46 secured to or forming a-part of the nut 16; the gear wheel having twice as many teeth as the pinion and the threads'on the members 14 and 43 always adjusted in the same direction as the member 11, when the latter is moved, but

through which the member 11 passes. The series of plates 25 and rules or strips 47 mounted upon the table at the back thereof; therack being divided into a series of graduated compartments 48 each of which is adapted to contain one of the plates 25 and the set of spacing strips or rules having the same length as the plate. This arrangement makesit easy for the operator to select the proper material for making the form or mold.

After the cuts have been set up as illustrated in the drawing, molten metal is taken from the pot and is poured into the spaces between the several cuts and the members 6 and 11. The hot metal completely-fills the contains a piece of composition accurately justified. \Vhen the justifying metal has printing has been completed, the justifying pieces may be remelted and thus be used over and over again.

It willthus be seen that I have produced a simple and efficient process whereby it is possible to justify cuts or the like quickly and accurately regardless of the width of the space available therefor in. the typographical matter and in such a way as to make the typographical matter solid and firm.

I claim:

1. The process of justifying which consists in forming about the cut a mold .two of whose sides engage with the ends ofthe' cut and project beyond the sides of the cut so as to leave a space on two opposed sides, and filling said spaces with the molten metal.

2. The process of justifying a piece of composition which consists in casting beside the same one or more detached justifying blocks.

3. The process of justifying a piece of composition which consists in placing the same in a mold having a length equal to the piece of composition to be justified and a width'equal-to the width of the space in which the piece of composition is to'be set in the typographical matter and then pouring molten metal into the mold beside the piece of composition.-

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses. RANDOLPH LANGSETH.

Witnesses:

WM. E. JAMESON, HENRY P. Conner.

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